Aquinas and Modern Science

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Angelico Press Ltd

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491_9781621382287

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C O N T E N T SForeword • 1Preface • 31. Aquinas and His Time • 72. Aquinas and Metaphysics • 15 The Need for Metaphysics • 15 Faith and Reason • 213. Aquinas and Natures Principles • 31 Esse, Essence, Existence, and Substance • 32 Matter and Form • 36 Fivefold Causality • 40 Primary and Secondary Cause • 454. Aquinas and Epistemology • 55 Epistemology in Crisis • 55 Epistemology Restored • 60 A Foundation for Science • 705. Aquinas and the Sciences • 79 Aquinas the Scientist • 79 The Power of Reason • 846. Aquinas and Cosmology • 91 A Beginning of the Universe? • 91 Before the Big Bang? • 99 A Universe Without Gaps • 1037. Aquinas and Physics • 107 Classical Physics • 107 Quantum Physics • 1168. Aquinas and Genetics • 127 DNAs Causa Materialis • 127 DNAs Causa Efficiens • 131 DNAs Causa Formalis • 133 DNAs Causa Finalis • 139 DNAs Causa Exemplaris • 1429. Aquinas and Evolutionary Biology • 147 The Causality of Evolution • 148 Causa Efficiens of Evolution • 148 Causa Materialis of Evolution • 152 Causa Finalis of Evolution • 156 Causa Formalis of Evolution • 159 Causa Exemplaris of Evolution • 164 Intelligent Design? • 165 The Path of Evolution • 17210. Aquinas and Neuroscience • 179 The Mental Is Not the Neural • 180 What Then Is the Mental If Not the Neural? • 186 Can the Soul Exist Without the Body? • 19911. Aquinas and Social Sciences • 203 Sociology • 206 Economics • 211 Political Sciences • 21912. ConclusionIndex • 235

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